News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Two Maine men pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug charges involving the distribution of large amounts of cocaine in a case investigated jointly with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton ordered Louis E. Gray, 40, of Fort Worth, detained pending further court proceedings. Gray has been in custody since July 6 when law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence.
Charles Todd Stokes, 49, taught physical education in the Miami-Dade County public school system between 1985 and 1998. In 2002, he traveled to Thailand where he lived for several years to have sex with minors. Stokes was convicted in June 2010 in U.S. District Court in Chicago, following his extradition from Thailand.
The most-wanted fugitive in Florida was arrested on Friday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
A Nigerian man was sentenced in federal court on Monday to more than five years in prison for smuggling heroin into the United States from India.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mexican Ministry of the Interior announced Monday that the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program (MIRP) has resumed for the eighth consecutive summer.
Five individuals previously employed at the local La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant made initial federal court appearances on Friday. The workers were each charged by criminal complaint following execution of a search warrant as part of an ongoing worksite enforcement operation conducted by agents with U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Swedish Medical Center, the largest non-profit medical provider in the Seattle area, is partnering with U.S. ICE to strengthen its hiring practices and help ensure it is employing a legal workforce. The firm became the first medical company in Washington state to join ICE's Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) on Thursday.
A Fall River, Mass., man now awaits trial for allegedly persuading a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet to travel from Rhode Island to Massachusetts for sex.
A man from Guatemala wanted for allegedly committing murder was deported on Friday by officers from U.S. ICE 's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO). Oscar Daniel Amador-Moncada is wanted for allegedly killing a man on May 21, 2010, after getting into an argument at the victim's residence.
Candice Marie Miller from Alva, Fla., pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of possession of child pornography, two counts of transporting child pornography and two counts of producing child pornography.
Mark Tilford, a U.S. Navy "JAG" officer, was sentenced on Friday to 10 years and five months in federal prison following his convictions for receiving and distributing child pornography.
An Armenian man has pleaded guilty to racketeering in connection with his involvement in the Mirzoyan-Terdjanian Organization -- an Armenian-American organized crime enterprise engaged in a wide range of criminal activity.
A Brazilian national was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison on Thursday for possession of firearms and ammunition by an illegal alien and improper entry into the United States.
All Around Landscaping (AAL), a Fayetteville corporation, was sentenced today to three years probation for harboring illegal aliens for financial gain, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's HSI special agents, with the assistance of the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Springdale and Rogers police departments.
Rodney Pena Mendez, the leader of a methamphetamine and marijuana trafficking organization in San Angelo, Texas, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine. The case is being investigated by the following agencies: U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Angelo Police Department...
Timothy Geenen, a registered sex offender from North Port, Fla., was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Wednesday for distribution of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).In mid-October 2005, Geenen sent eight e-mail messages that contained child pornography to someone in Minnesota
Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned a collection of objects illegally imported into the United States from Iraq.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents seized 850 pounds of marijuana in Tucson Tuesday night at a local equipment sales business.
In a ceremony on Tuesday, the local Speed Art Museum transferred a three-panel wooden triptych to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), following last month's settlement agreement.
Dr. Anthony Galea, 51, of Toronto, Canada, entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, and faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and forfeiture of $275,000.
ICE agents and officers, assisted by the Marion County Sheriff's Office in Florida, arrested Andy Vertoont, 31, a native of Belgium, at his place of employment in Ocala, Fla., on Nov. 12, 2010. ICE HSI special agents in Orlando had initiated an investigation as a result of a request for assistance from the Belgian Federal Police and the ICE HSI attaché office in Brussels.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday began using a federal information-sharing capability as part of the Secure Communities program in Callaway, Jefferson and Johnson counties to help federal immigration officials identify criminal aliens in state prisons and local jails by running their fingerprints against federal immigration databases when they are booked into the system.
Gabriel Simmons from Onawa, Iowa was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following his April guilty plea for producing child pornography.
Ramiro Ramirez-Macias was convicted on Wednesday of smuggling methamphetamine and misusing a U.S. citizen passport during his smuggling attempt. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in conjunction with U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Department of State.
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